Character sketch

CHARACTER SKETCH

Piggy

Piggy is a slightly shorter but quite obese boy. His hair is thinning and doesn’t seem to have grown since the boys were first isolated on the soundly island. He wears a pair of glasses that only have one lens completely unharmed, while the other is cracked from an incident with Jack. Piggy sees himself as an intellectual boy who could not survive without an adult’s supervision or thought on anything. Others see Piggy as a fat, whiny puppy that follows Ralph around like he’s his owner, as well as a science geek. Simon, on the other hand, sees him and most as equals because he is not one to judge. Yet, it is still kind of true that Piggy is like a puppy following Ralph as though he were the closest thing to an adult because of his hierarchy on the island. Piggy’s insight and cleverness makes for a good assistant to Ralph seeing as Ralph is one to make quick, irrational decisions in times of pressure.

 

Jack

Jack is the tallest, oldest, and quite possibly the lankiest survivor on the island. He has red hair covered by a black cap with a matching cape and gold pin that symbolizes his leadership of the choir. His pale skin is splattered with freckles that seem to be the only thing tanning on his whole body. Jack is a natural born leader and leads the hunters who were his choir boys that he led back home. Jack has many good qualities but he feels powerful but powerless in his rank and can’t stand to be told orders. Jack strays away from the group after being stood up when trying to overthrow Ralph. Others see him as an outcast who was once a courageous hunter and second in command on the island. But that wasn’t good enough for Jack because he sees himself as the ‘All-mighty Jack’ who slayed the pig and is scared of no beast. After feeling the power of killing a pig he became savage and cocky.